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Gilberto Yearwood
	Gilberto Yearwood in 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Gilberto Jerónimo Yearwood
Date of birth	15 March 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	La Lima, Honduras
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1976	Los Alacranes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1977	Real España
1977–1980	Elche
1980–1983	Real Valladolid
1983–1984	Tenerife
1984–1985	Celta de Vigo
1985–1986	Elche
1986–1987	Olimpia
1988–1989	Motagua
1991–1994	Olimpia
International career‡
1982–1993	Honduras
Managerial career
1996–1997	Real Maya
1997–1998	Olimpia
1998–1999	Real España
1999–2000	Broncos
2000–2001	Motagua (Champion)
2001–2002	Honduras
2003–2005	Guatemala (assistant)
2006	Marathón
2006–2007	Atlético Olanchano
2007–2008	Real España
2008	Honduras U23
2008–2010	Xinabajul
2010–2012	USAC
2012–2014	Sacachispas
2014–2015	American School of Tegucigalpa
2015–2016	El Salvador (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2008

Gilberto Jerónimo Yearwood (born 15 March 1956) is a Honduran former football player who currently is an Assistant coach of the El Salvador national football team. He is by many regarded as one of Honduras' best players of all time.^[1]

Club career

Nicknamed el Vikingo (The Viking), Yearwood has played mostly in defensive midfield and started his career at Real C.D. España in his native country. In 1977, he moved abroad to play in Spain and spent 10 season playing for Elche CF, Real Valladolid, CD Tenerife and Celta de Vigo. He finished his career as a central defender back in Honduras with C.D. Olimpia, F.C. Motagua and C.D. Marathón. His final league match was on 8 May 1994, when he played with Olimpia against Vida.^[2]

He scored 20 goals in Liga Nacional: 10 with Real España, 6 with Motagua and 4 for Olimpia.

International career

Yearwood played and scored at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship held in Tunisia. He made his senior debut for Honduras in a June 1982 FIFA World Cup match against Spain, which was his country's first ever World Cup match,^[3] and has earned a total of at least 46 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 21 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[4] and played at the 1991^[5] and 1993 UNCAF Nations Cups^[6] as well as at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[7]

His final international was a May 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mexico.

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.^[8]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 June 1991	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Jamaica	5–0	5–0	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Managerial career

As a coach, he has been in charge of Motagua winning his first title, Olimpia, Broncos (with whom he got relegated),^[9] Real Maya, Real España and Atlético Olanchano in Honduras as well as Dragón in El Salvador.

He was announced manager of C.D. Marathón in March 2006,^[10] later he was sacked by Atlético Olanchano in November 2007^[11] and in 2008 he moved abroad again to take charge of Xinabajul in Guatemala.

He left Xinabajul in September 2010^[12] and became in charge of USAC,^[13] with whom he clinched promotion to Guatemala's top tier. In October 2012 he joined Guatemalan second division side Sacachispas after being dismissed by USAC.^[14]